Notice2022-03302
Expedited OMB Review and Public Comment: Office of Community Services Data Collection for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program Quarterly Performance and Management Reports (New Collection)
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Published
February 16, 2022
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Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Office of Community Services (OCS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), requested expedited review of an information collection request from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and is inviting public comments on the proposed collection. The forms are necessary to provide data to the Administration, Congress, and other stakeholders in its oversight of recipients' performance in administering the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), particularly the supplemental LIHEAP funds available through the American Rescue Plan. The information collection is essential to the mission of the agency and the use of normal clearance procedures is reasonably likely to disrupt and prevent the collection of information.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03302]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Expedited OMB Review and Public Comment: Office of Community
Services Data Collection for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance
Program Quarterly Performance and Management Reports (New Collection)
AGENCY: Office of Community Services, Administration for Children and
Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Community Services (OCS), Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), requested expedited review of an information collection
request from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and is inviting
public comments on the proposed collection. The forms are necessary to
provide data to the Administration, Congress, and other stakeholders in
its oversight of recipients' performance in administering the Low
Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), particularly the
supplemental LIHEAP funds available through the American Rescue Plan.
The information collection is essential to the mission of the agency
and the use of normal clearance procedures is reasonably likely to
disrupt and prevent the collection of information.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is
soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information
collection described in this notice.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be
obtained and comments may be submitted by emailing
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dbb2b5bdb4b8b4b7b7beb8afb2b4b59bbab8bdf5b3b3a8f5bcb4ad"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4f262129202c2023232a2c3b2620210f2e2c296127273c61282039">[email protected]</span></a>. All requests should identify the title of
the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The LIHEAP Quarterly Performance and Management Report
will provide OCS information necessary to oversee recipients'
performance in administering historic levels of LIHEAP funding and
reaching the most vulnerable households this winter. The report
solicits data on total households assisted (and the total households
assisted during the same quarter of the previous FY for comparison);
the number of occurrences that LIHEAP prevented the loss of home
energy/the number of occurrences that LIHEAP restored home energy;
estimated use of LIHEAP funds by LIHEAP funding source; LIHEAP
information (e.g., training and technical assistance needs, changes to
program policies, collaboration with other federal utility assistance
programs, etc.); and any explanation needed regarding the reliability
and/or validity of the responses in prior sections. The quarterly
report is not an abbreviated version of the LIHEAP Annual Report or
Performance Data Form, it is a different form that was designed to
focus on how states are leveraging LIHEAP to mitigate rising energy
costs this winter and to track the spend down of LIHEAP supplemental
funding.
Respondents: LIHEAP grant recipients.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Total number of Average burden
Instrument Total number of responses per hours per Total annual
respondents respondent response burden hours
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Quarterly Performance and Management Report. 206 3 12 7,416
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,416.
Comments: The Department specifically requests comments on (a)
whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether
the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication. Comments will be considered and any
necessary updates to materials made prior to, and responses provided
in, the submission to OMB that will follow this public comment period.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 8621.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-03302 Filed 2-15-22; 8:45 am]
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